Grab shredded chicken and your favorite baking pan to make these Baked Chicken Tacos with a filling of cream cheese, taco seasoning, and Rotel. This is an easy, shredded-chicken dinner that everyone can sit down and enjoy together.

From Oven Baked Beef Tacos and Oven-Baked Taco Quesadillas, it seems we can never get enough easy Mexican food favorites!

This chicken taco bake is one you will have to put in your weekly dinner rotation. It’s so good because baking the filled tacos gives them a whole new flavor profile.

And when I tell you it’s easy, it is totally easy. Place the tacos into the pan for baking, it will hold them upright for adding the filling – so easy! I also love it because it comes out of the oven all at once. No more serving the kids before mom. It’s all ready at the same time and easily customized with your favorite toppings.

If you follow me here, you know my family loves all things TACOS and all things MEXICAN or TEX MEX. And if you’re looking for an enchilada casserole that’s just a bit different from all the rest, please try out Betty’s Enchilada Bake. Yep – there are hard-boiled eggs as part of the beef filling! It’s completely delicious.

Ingredients and Substitutions

Cooked Shredded Chicken: Use whatever you have, a whole rotisserie chicken, chicken thighs or chicken breasts. You can also used pulled pork or shredded beef.
Hard taco shells: I use the Old El Paso crunchy taco shells with a flat bottom.
Taco seasoning: Use your favorite.
Cream cheese
Rotel: Or any 10 oz can of diced tomatoes and green chilies
Black beans: I’ve also used pinto or chili beans in this recipe. Use whatever you have in your pantry and don’t stress. Don’t like beans? Leave them out!

How to Make Baked Chicken Tacos

In a skillet, combine the cooked shredded chicken with cream cheese, diced tomatoes and green chilies, and the black beans, cooking over medium heat until warmed throughout.
Place the taco shells into a casserole dish or a cast iron skillet (that’s what I use) upright – it’s easiest to use the flat-bottom taco shells for this, btw.
Add the prepared chicken filling to the taco shells, and sprinkle cheese over the top, if desired.
Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 10-15 minutes, or until hot throughout.
Serve at once with additional taco toppings, such as sour cream, salsa, guacamole, etc, if desired.

What toppings are good on Baked Chicken Tacos?

My family is pretty basic, so we typically have sour cream, shredded cheese, guacamole, sliced olives (sometimes), salsa or salsa fresca, and chopped lettuce. The sky is the limit!

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Mexican fare is always in season in our house.

When it is hot in Kansas, I love to make Baja Fish Tacos as lighter fare for a meal. I paired the tacos with this Healthy Mexican Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing. Serve it up with a refreshing Skinny Pitcher Margarita and you are set.

Or if you are craving a hearty favorite, try my Beef and Cheese Sanchiladas or Burritos Casserole.

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